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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Nyambi, eyes, certain part), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg70959:17:152 # text = Nyambi then said that he treated Chief Oga as a thief, but he took pity on him, and instead of killing him, he gave him his choice whether he would have his eyes put out or have a certain part of his body cut off. 1 Nyambi Nyambi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 treated treat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Oga Oga PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 21 fixed _ _ 23 killing kill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 xcomp _ _ 38 out out ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 47 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ _ 48 off off ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nyambi | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **treat** | past | NYAMBI | Chief Oga | | | | as a thief | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent oga=Theme as thief=Attribute | | 3 | **take** | past | NYAMBI | pity | | | | on OGA | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pity=Theme on he=Destination | | 4 | **kill** | gerund | NYAMBI *not said here* | NYAMBI | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | NYAMBI | NYAMBI's choice | OGA | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient choice=Theme | | 6 | **have** | would | NYAMBI | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **put out** | past | NYAMBI's eyes | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | infinitive | NYAMBI *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **cut off** | past | a certain part of NYAMBI's body | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «Ikom folk stories from Southern Nigeria» by Elphinstone Dayrell, Project Gutenberg book 70959 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/151/) - next →: [sentence 153](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/153/) - ↑ back to [Xxiii.--why Edidor Killed Her Husband and Her Lover.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg70959/17/)